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Cemetery Name:

Close Mountain / Knotts Family

  
County: Tucker
USGS Quad: Lead Mine
Coordinates: 39.1758ºN  -79.5718ºW     Map
Maintained by: unknown
Land owner: unknown
Date added to WVCPA register: February 2009
Condition of cemetery**: unknown
Accessibility: unknown

** Condition of cemetery as observed on the given date -
may not be representative of care at other times of the year
Scale: Excellent - Good - Fair - Poor - Abandoned

 

Last Name: First Name:

Born:

Died:

 Inscription:

Photo:

Source:
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Comments:

Dates or information in Red type from research on the individual, dates based on age at death as indicated on the tombstone.

 

Updates
from Mary (Arnold) Mullenax, on behalf of
"The Close Mountain Family Association" (an independent preservation group for this cemetery, not associated with WVCPA, but being assisted by WVCPA):
February 7, 2009:
A group has been established to take care of this resting place:  "The Close Mountain Family Association".
They have 3 trustees recorded and are in the process of recruiting volunteers to help in preservation projects as well as develop community based events.
 
Please direct any inquires regarding this cemetery and the Close Mountain Family Association to:
 
Close Mtn. Family Assoc.
202 Pineview Dr.
Thomas,WV 26292

Otherwise, for inquiries about this web page and the information listed here, please contact WVCPA.

Names associated with this cemetery include - Arnold, Canan, Carroll, Ford, Friend, Helmick, Hile, Losh, Mullenax, Tennant, VanMeter, and Watring.

ALSO seeking help to verify reported burial of former member of James Gang member at or around these grounds in Tucker Co., WV.  He may have changed his name. It is said this man lived peaceably amid the earlier settlers of the Close Mtn. area 'til his death.  His gravesite is unmarked and lies beyond the older fence line of the cemetery.
The Close Mountain Family Association is also trying to verify any remains of Civil War era veterans. 

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